Jessica Satterstrom
👤 PersonPodcast Appearances
Grandmother was the quintessential Southern belle in my memory.
Grandmother was the quintessential Southern belle in my memory.
I remember you telling me about it. Do you? Yeah. I was in high school. And it seemed like, wow, it's such a mystery in the family. I had no idea. And then not long after, I asked grandmother about her father. And I said, some doesn't like, I don't, tell me about your father. And grandmother looked surprised. And she said he was an optometrist. And then her eyes filled up with tears.
I remember you telling me about it. Do you? Yeah. I was in high school. And it seemed like, wow, it's such a mystery in the family. I had no idea. And then not long after, I asked grandmother about her father. And I said, some doesn't like, I don't, tell me about your father. And grandmother looked surprised. And she said he was an optometrist. And then her eyes filled up with tears.
And then everything shut down. And then it was just back to the silence.
And then everything shut down. And then it was just back to the silence.
It gets buried down so deep that any kind of scratch of the surface bubbles up this uncontrollable emotional response that then has to be tamped down quick. And then everybody just stopped talking about it because something got awkward. So back to the silence.
It gets buried down so deep that any kind of scratch of the surface bubbles up this uncontrollable emotional response that then has to be tamped down quick. And then everybody just stopped talking about it because something got awkward. So back to the silence.
I didn't know about it until the New York Times. Until I told the New York Times.
I didn't know about it until the New York Times. Until I told the New York Times.
I feel like it gives me a much better view of the man, the person behind the legend in our family. You know, he's been this figure of mystery, but hearing these kind of personal details, it sounds like he was a gentle person. He seems very pleasant.
I feel like it gives me a much better view of the man, the person behind the legend in our family. You know, he's been this figure of mystery, but hearing these kind of personal details, it sounds like he was a gentle person. He seems very pleasant.